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HERBERT SMITH is to launch its own set of chambers after hiring a top QC. It is understood that the City firm has appointed Murray Rosen, QC, a leading commercial silk of 11 Stone Buildings, to establish and develop its in-house advocacy unit with the litigation department. It is believed that Rosen will be joined by a second silk. (The Lawyer)

BRITISH law firms are having to make radical reforms to their partnerships and retirement policies to comply with new age discrimination legislation, leading employment lawyers say. The concerns are about a European anti-discrimination directive that will come into